<p>I'm looking for good schools(I'm a very good student with a 4.0 and high hopes) on the west side that offer good pre med programs? Thanks!</p>
<p>The usual pre-med school criteria:</p>
<ul>
<li>Low cost (after financial aid grants and scholarships) to save money and avoid debt for expensive medical school.</li>
<li>Pre-med courses that prepare you well for the MCAT.</li>
<li>High grade inflation relative to student competitiveness.</li>
<li>Convenience of pre-med extracurriculars.</li>
</ul>
<p>You may want to ask on the pre-med forum.</p>
<p>Oh thanks I didn’t know there was one!</p>
<p>Just do a search here for ‘best pre-med schools’ or ‘pre-med.’ There are already so many threads on this topic here and in the pre-med forum that to restart a thread with this topic is a waste of time.</p>
<p>To satisfy all the criteria in post #2, a good place to look first is your in-state public flagship.</p>
<p>For many selective schools, Fall 2014 application deadlines already have passed.</p>
<p>Read this excellent post about choosing a pre-med school:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1122176-bluedevilmikes-ten-step-guide-picking-premed-school.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1122176-bluedevilmikes-ten-step-guide-picking-premed-school.html</a></p>
<p>^^ That’s a pretty good list. I don’t necessarily agree with all of it, but it’s pretty good. And I’d add one more important thing: If you decide to no longer be pre-med, would you still want to go there? So many kids start off wanting to be pre-med, and wind up changing their minds, that alternative courses of study should be in anyone’s plans. It’s a whole lot easier to change majors than it is to change schools, so make sure the school you pick has options.</p>
<p>*If you decide to no longer be pre-med, would you still want to go there? *</p>
<p>the real issue is that no one should be picking some odd school that is only good for being a premed student (and what school would that be anyway???..lol)</p>
<p>Virtually any good school is good for premed…and most/all of those good schools are good for nearly any other career pursuit.</p>
<p>beware of grade deflation, it can really make your hopes of being pre med a lot more slim. Better to choose a grade inflated university.</p>
<p>jwein, and how do you know that (which schools have inflation and deflation). I have searched this, and opinions vary so much…or they say things are changing. I DO think this is highly important, would just like to have a clearer indication as to what those are. As one I hear about for deflation is high on our list. Wake.</p>
<p>However you look at it, at the end the best pre-med school is the one that fits you personally the best with all your current and potential goals, Medical school and others and your personal characteristics. You will be there for 4 years of your life. If you are miserable at the place, you will not produce results required. You can prepare for MCAT at any UG. One important factor is a great pre-med advisory/commitee. Diverse student body is great as long as you personally seeking to be surrounded by diverse crowd. I do not mean though racial/socioeconomical diversity. I mean people with the different backgrounds, different sets of mind, different intellectual levels, various wide interests.<br>
Frankly, my D. did not consider any of the points from the other posts here. Never crossed her mind grade deflation, preparation fro the MCAT or even the back up plan. She choose her UG asking herself if she is going to be happy there. It has worked because she was ready to work as hard as needed to get As in every class. She had very simple goal that she personally could control.</p>